Re: How to patch files in a package's debian directory

2014-01-14 Thread Alex Mestiashvili
On 01/14/2014 03:04 PM, Malte Forkel wrote: Am 14.01.2014 10:44, schrieb Alex Mestiashvili: I am also interested in possible solutions, but I would use git with 2 branches - one for debian package, and one for the modified version. This way by switching between branches you can build packages y

Re: How to patch files in a package's debian directory

2014-01-14 Thread Malte Forkel
Am 14.01.2014 10:47, schrieb Jonathan Dowland: > Is the package in question maintained in a version control repository > (apt-cache showsrc pkgname | grep ^Vcs might help to determine this). > If so, you could record the debian-specific changes in a commit and > either mail the commit to a bug numb

Re: How to patch files in a package's debian directory

2014-01-14 Thread Malte Forkel
Am 14.01.2014 10:44, schrieb Alex Mestiashvili: > I am also interested in possible solutions, but I would use git with 2 > branches - one for debian package, and one for the modified version. > > This way by switching between branches you can build packages you need. > Using git is probably a goo

Re: How to patch files in a package's debian directory

2014-01-14 Thread Alex Mestiashvili
On 01/13/2014 03:49 PM, Malte Forkel wrote: Hello, I'm testing some changes to an existing package which is using format 3.0 (quilt). I have split my changes into two patches: One modifies the original source, one adapts files in the debian directory. This approach fails when I build the packag

Re: How to patch files in a package's debian directory

2014-01-14 Thread Jonathan Dowland
Is the package in question maintained in a version control repository (apt-cache showsrc pkgname | grep ^Vcs might help to determine this). If so, you could record the debian-specific changes in a commit and either mail the commit to a bug number or push a copy of your modified checkout somewhere (

Re: How to patch files in a package's debian directory

2014-01-13 Thread Malte Forkel
Am 14.01.2014 00:32, schrieb Gregory Nowak: > There may be a better way, but I've used apt-build in the past to do > something similar. I ran > > apt-build source pkg-name > > to download the sources. Then I modified them how I wanted, and then > ran > > apt-build install pkg-name > > This is f

Re: How to patch files in a package's debian directory

2014-01-13 Thread Gregory Nowak
On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 03:49:46PM +0100, Malte Forkel wrote: > Hello, > > I'm testing some changes to an existing package which is using format > 3.0 (quilt). I have split my changes into two patches: One modifies the > original source, one adapts files in the debian directory. > > This approach

How to patch files in a package's debian directory

2014-01-13 Thread Malte Forkel
Hello, I'm testing some changes to an existing package which is using format 3.0 (quilt). I have split my changes into two patches: One modifies the original source, one adapts files in the debian directory. This approach fails when I build the package due to the way dpkg-source build the source